Tag Archives: Lloyd Doggett
Where do Texas Democrats Stand on Single-Payer Health Care?
Half of the state’s congressional Dems have not signed on to Medicare for All legislation.
About 4.5 million Texans would get coverage under the single-payer health care legislation that’s gaining traction in Congress. Texas, with the highest uninsu...Read More
Texas Mother ‘Deathly Afraid’ of Medicaid Cuts Under GOP Health Plan
Patients, families, doctors, and advocates gathered at a health care town hall with Congressman Lloyd Doggett on Sunday.
For Diane Kearns, the current debate over health care reform comes down to this: “Medicaid saved Dean’s life.” Dean is her son, she explained to several h...Read More
Texas Democrats Scramble to Explain Support for Bill Limiting Syrian Refugees
When Congressional Democrats joined forces with Republicans to back a House bill that would intensify scrutiny of Syrian and Iraqi refugees, Lloyd Doggett’s ...Read More
Texas Congressional Republicans Approach Zero on Environmental Record
Texas Republicans in the House cast pro-environment votes a little more than 4 percent of the time this session, according to the League of Conservation Voters....Read More
Young Mother Fights Deportation, Hopes for Immigration Reform
On Tuesday morning, Veronica Ayala, 33, stood next to her three-year old son Damian in a parking lot across the street from the J.J. Pickle Federal Building in ...Read More